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running-in-ci: skill-edit recipe should use worktree under $TMPDIR (#328)
## Summary Update the `running-in-ci` "How to propose" recipe so a bot updating `.claude/skills/` can actually write to disk. The current recipe (`cd .claude && mv /tmp/... SKILL.md`) satisfies the Claude Code harness write-guard ([anthropics/claude-code#37157](anthropics/claude-code#37157)) but fails the read-only bind-mount the sandbox places on `.claude/`. Mirror the pattern `review-runs` already documents: do the edit, commit, and push from a git worktree under `$TMPDIR`. Both restrictions are now explained inline so a future reader knows why the worktree is mandatory. ## Why `worktrunk-bot` hit this in worktrunk run [24926120125](https://github.com/max-sixty/worktrunk/actions/runs/24926120125) (a `tend-mention` session triggered by an explicit maintainer instruction to update repo skill guidance). The bot followed the bundled recipe, hit `mv: ... Read-only file system`, retried with `cp` (same error), retried with `touch` (same error), then ad-libbed `git hash-object -w` plus `git update-index --cacheinfo` to write the blob and stage it directly to the index — a workaround that left the working tree showing the file as modified after the fact. ~7 wasted bash cycles before producing [worktrunk PR #2415](max-sixty/worktrunk#2415). `worktrunk-bot` followed the new bundled-skill-defect flow (introduced in #324 yesterday) and opened permission-request issue [max-sixty/worktrunk#2416](max-sixty/worktrunk#2416) on the consumer side. This PR is the corresponding tend-side fix surfaced by `review-reviewers` rather than waiting on the permission round-trip — the diagnosis is unambiguous and the fix is small. ## What changes The "Draft a minimal edit" step (step 3 of "How to propose"): - Drops the `cd .claude && mv /tmp/... SKILL.md` recipe that fails on the read-only mount. - Adds the same prose `review-runs` already carries explaining (a) the read-only bind-mount of `.claude/` and (b) the harness write-guard from claude-code#37157, so a reader sees both barriers and why a worktree clears both. - Replaces the recipe with the `git worktree add "$TMPDIR/skill-fix"` pattern, parameterised on `<topic>-$GITHUB_RUN_ID` for the branch name. - Keeps the existing TODO referencing claude-code#37157. The frontmatter snippet is moved up so the recipe sits at the bottom of step 3 with no interleaving. ## Test plan - [x] Eaten own dogfood: this PR's branch was authored from a worktree at `$TMPDIR/skill-fix` using exactly the recipe being landed; commit and push worked end-to-end. Worktree under `$TMPDIR` is writable, no `Read-only file system` errors. - [ ] CI on this PR passes (actionlint, ruff, typos, uv-lock). - [ ] Visual diff vs `review-runs` SKILL.md prose to confirm the two skills now agree on the recipe shape. Independent of [#327](#327) (different concern in the same file: external-tool verification, lines ~498 — no overlap with this edit at lines ~568). --------- Co-authored-by: continuous-bot <269947486+continuous-bot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: tend-agent <270458913+tend-agent@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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If one is open, add to it instead of opening a second.
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3. **Draft a minimal edit.** One short rule, in the maintainer's words where practical. Place
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it under an appropriate heading. Use the `Write` tool to author the full new contents of
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the skill file to `/tmp/running-tend-new.md`, then move it into place via Bash:
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<!-- TODO(anthropics/claude-code#37157): remove the cd-and-mv workaround once the
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harness exempts .claude/skills/ as documented — then `Write` directly to the
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target path. -->
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```bash
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cd .claude && mkdir -p skills/running-tend && cd skills/running-tend \
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&& mv /tmp/running-tend-new.md SKILL.md
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```
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The `cd` is required. Claude Code's harness blocks `Edit`, `Write`, and Bash commands
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whose write-target argument is a path under `.claude/skills/`
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([anthropics/claude-code#37157](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/37157)).
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The guard checks the argument text — `Write(/tmp/…)` and `Bash(mv /tmp/… SKILL.md)`
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both pass because neither names the protected path.
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New SKILL.md files start with YAML frontmatter:
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it under an appropriate heading. New SKILL.md files start with YAML frontmatter:
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```markdown
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name: running-tend
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description: Project-specific guidance for tend workflows running on this repo.
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---
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```
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The checkout's `.claude/` directory is bind-mounted **read-only** under the sandbox
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(protecting bots from modifying their own skills in place), so edits to `.claude/skills/`
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files in the working tree fail with `Read-only file system`. Claude Code's harness adds a
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second restriction on top of the read-only mount: `Edit`, `Write`, and Bash commands with
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`.claude/skills/` as a write-target argument are denied regardless of filesystem
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permissions ([anthropics/claude-code#37157](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/37157)).
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The guard checks argument text, so `Write(/tmp/…)` and `Bash(mv /tmp/… SKILL.md)` both
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pass — the second because `SKILL.md` is a bare filename inside the `cd`'d directory.
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Do the edit, commit, and push from a git worktree under `$TMPDIR`, which is writable and
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sits outside the harness's `.claude/skills/` write-guard:
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<!-- TODO(anthropics/claude-code#37157): once the harness exempts .claude/skills/ as
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documented, replace the /tmp-then-mv dance below with direct `Write` to the worktree
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path. -->
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```bash
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git worktree add "$TMPDIR/skill-fix" -b skills/<topic>-$GITHUB_RUN_ID HEAD
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# Use the Write tool to author the new skill file to /tmp/running-tend-new.md.
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# Then move it into place from inside the worktree. mkdir -p covers the
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# new-skill case where .claude/skills/<name>/ doesn't yet exist in HEAD:
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mkdir -p "$TMPDIR/skill-fix/.claude/skills/running-tend"
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cd "$TMPDIR/skill-fix/.claude/skills/running-tend" && mv /tmp/running-tend-new.md SKILL.md
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cd "$TMPDIR/skill-fix"
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git add .claude/skills/
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git commit -m "skills(running-tend): ..."
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git push -u origin skills/<topic>-$GITHUB_RUN_ID
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gh pr create --title "..." --body-file /tmp/pr-body.md --head skills/<topic>-$GITHUB_RUN_ID
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cd -
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git worktree remove "$TMPDIR/skill-fix" --force
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```
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4. **Open as a separate PR.** Follow the repo's PR title conventions (conventional commits,
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Jira prefix, or whatever the repo uses — check recent merged PRs or `CONTRIBUTING.md`).
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The body quotes the triggering feedback and links the thread (PR/issue/comment URL).

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